Obs 02 Jan 2006 Part 1

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 12:02:55 EST

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    Observations 02 Jan 2006: (Part 1)
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical
    in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128
    frame integration.
    
    Used with 145mm focal length f/2.5 lens,integrating for 96 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 1.92 seconds per image.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102221633000 56 15 0229334+055126 39  +085 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222005500 56 15 0230565-044521 39  +075 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222340300 56 15 0225298-213513 39  +075 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222557800 56 15 0210543-381723 39  +072 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222714400 56 15 0151230-500933 39  +070 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222808900 56 15 0124271-592328 39  +075 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102222858200 56 15 0038465-673205 39  +075 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102223121200 56 15 1853180-725143 39  +080 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102223425600 56 15 0417596+302826 39  +086 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102224222000 56 15 0427309+254058 39  +080 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102224703500 56 15 0433459+221038 39  +078 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102225507500 56 15 0446275+141338 39  +075 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102225942100 56 15 0455255+075217 39  +070 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102230456600 56 15 0508495-024252 39  +060 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102231015600 56 15 0530353-204827 39  +058 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102231331800 56 15 0556365-390452 39  +055 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102231649200 56 15 0709004-634247 39  +055 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102232007300 56 15 1256408-753138 39  +058 05
    91053 05 864A   0433 G 20060102232306900 56 15 1544186-601543 39  +065 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102184653000 56 15 0526590+152035 39  +078 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102184855800 56 15 0546151+102810 39  +075 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102185059800 56 15 0609356+044914 39  +080 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102185230600 56 15 0629561+001218 39  +080 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102185457200 56 15 0710022-080051 39  +085 05
    90044 05 859A   0433 G 20060102185741200 56 15 0807344-172653 39  +085 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102195214200 56 15 1048232-361722 39  +055 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102195224200 56 15 1040331-351334 39  +053 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102195337300 56 15 0942436-243056 39  +050 05
    27699 03 009B   0433 G 20060102210505300 56 15 1331462-545758 39  +030 05
    27699 03 009B   0433 G 20060102210523700 56 15 1313340-550148 39  +040 05
    27699 03 009B   0433 G 20060102210536100 56 15 1259546-545447 39  +035 05
    27938 03 041B   0433 G 20060102210659600 56 15 0826302+000417 39  +092 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102190350600 56 15 0150465+051830 39  +106 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102191304100 56 15 0204273+044706 39  +106 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102201428800 56 15 0344024+025451 39  +095 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102202329900 56 15 0402316+025610 39  +093 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102211151800 56 15 0650194+073225 39  +095 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102212040600 56 15 0753104+102140 39  +090 05
    91051 05 862B   0433 G 20060102212447000 56 15 0829551+120126 39  +100 05
    16623 86 014D   0433 G 20060102190716200 56 15 0152341+044822 39  +070 05
    16624 86 014E   0433 G 20060102190731400 56 15 0153197+045635 39  +067 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102212958100 56 15 2240377-573643 39  +060 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102213015800 56 15 2310225-541230 39  +057 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102213030700 56 15 2333078-504128 39  +055 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102213047400 56 15 2355431-460957 39  +053 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102213101500 56 15 0012176-415516 39  +050 05
    24680 96 072A   0433 G 20060102213117400 56 15 0028479-364633 39  +055 05
    25615 98 055C   0433 G 20060102213640700 56 15 1348079-530216 39  +070 05
    25615 98 055C   0433 G 20060102213741500 56 15 1253063-481850 39  +069 05
    25615 98 055C   0433 G 20060102213849900 56 15 1156396-385744 39  +068 05
    27698 03 009A   0433 G 20060102214217800 56 15 1750321-720426 39  +045 05
    27698 03 009A   0433 G 20060102214227400 56 15 1801442-732807 39  +045 05
    27698 03 009A   0433 G 20060102214239400 56 15 1820336-751445 39  +043 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 G 20060102214411000 56 15 1050464-682740 39  +080 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 G 20060102214520900 56 15 1119521-652731 39  +080 05
    23947 96 038C   0433 G 20060102214630800 56 15 1140232-624313 39  +090 05
    
    Notes:
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    (1) #90044 was previously #91050.  The magnitude is variable with a
        period of about 31 seconds.
    
    (2) I have still to measure geostationaries observed so this,along
        with all the strays seen ( 9 so far), will hopefully be reported
        tomorrow.
    
    (3) Own note: changed ELC to about 35-40% level - was a disaster as
        the MINTRON camera never integrated for more than a second despite
        being set on 2.56 seconds. Whenever the sky was too bright- ie at
        low elevations-  it did not appear to integrate at all so it was
        basically operating at 0.005 lux sensitivity at 25 frames/second.
        Next time put ELC on maximum setting.
    
    Cheers
    
    Greg
    
    
    
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